This is a great machine. It makes great capuccinos but not great espresso's. The frother has a small gasket which pops off easily and is easy to loose. Without the gasket the milk does not froth. The light to descale comes on often even though I use filtered water. I think this is a bit of a scam to get you to buy their descaler products.

I have owned this machine for 2 weeks and I am very happy. While this machine is not cheap it does offer exactly what I was looking for. Its fast, simple, clean and makes a very good cup of espresso. If you are like me and are not going to put the time into "mastering" the are of espresso/latte making this will get you 90% of the way. The frother is great and the espresso is better then the supper autos I have tried.

Ps.. when you get it home make sure the milk wand is down and you don't use pre-filtered water or it won't heat up. However Breville service is friendly and amazingly competent.

Impressive welded stainless steel construction (no fasteners) and NO plastic. Mesh filter which unscrews for cleaning. Very easy to use. Although double wall insulated, do not expect this to keep coffee hot for hours. Large coffee mugs are 10-12oz so if you want 2 mugfuls, buy the 23oz version.

These replacements are better than the originals, the ones I had shipped to me had tiny square holes that don’t plug up like the original one did that had tiny round holes, just some food for thought!!

Advantages: All of the above that was stated

Disadvantages: None that I can see other than it’s a pressurized filter basket, but it suits whoever likes them, massive crema from fresh beans it’s like a frother for espresso crema!! lol

Really impressed with my recent purchase. It was unanimous on many sites that this grinder was a great performance-price choice. The reviews mentionned the consistency of this grinder and its quality. In order to fully see full potential of makin great espressos, i ll need to upgrade my Breville Cafe Roma to a Rancilio Sylva!!!

I think this is a very poular coffee in Europe -- rightly so. It has balanced taste. Also, I can grind it consistently to get the right expresso strength all the time. Some brands are not connsistent enough, and with a given fineness level on the grinder, produce expresso of verying strenth.

Bought this machine a few weeks at Espressoplanet where excellent hands-on demo and tasking were provided. It's working well with intutive instructions and manuals. Both long coffee and espressso drinker will enjoy it with rish aroma and crema. Recommend it to all!